Pecados y Milagros, Lila Downs Columbia, USA/Mexico Rating: 70 by Andrew Casillas Lila Downs might be the most underrated Latin musician of this young century. Since 2000's Tree of Life (Yuyu Tata) she has evolved album-by-album-by-album, gaining confidence and fine-tuning her command over various pop styles. This culminated in the borderline-masterful 2008 album Shake Away , one of the highest-rated records from the early days of Club Fonograma (that review features a reference to MySpace, no less!). [...]
Lila Downs is a Mexican-American singer living in Mexico City. On her latest album "Pecados y Milagros," or Sins and Miracles, she sings songs set against the backdrop of the violence in Mexico. Lila Downs tells anchor Marco Werman that she uses her songs to express the anger, frustration, and fear that all Mexicans are feeling these days.
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One of our favorite Mexican folk singer is back in 2012 Scenestar readers! Lila Downs will be performing live on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Wiltern. You may know Lila Downs from her music on the "Frida" soundtrack but will...
[Birthday greetings to Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World ...] Tonight's top 3 shows: ☛ Colorado's Candy Claws (that's their video for "Silent Time on Earth," above) visit the Bootleg Theater, supported by Chain Gang of 1974 . Candy Claws' latest album "Hidden Lands" offers some pretty compelling lush orchestral pop — we gave you a taste of "Sunbeam Show" back in July, remember? ☛ Brandon Flowers (supported by the estimable Fran Healy ) plays the Wiltern behind [...]
La cantautora mexicana Lila Downs dijo, en declaraciones publicadas esta mañana aquí, que en el disco que elabora incursiona en la religiosidad. La nueva producción apunta a lo que Downs describió, para el diario costarricense "La Nación", como la reconcepción del mariachi (conjunto de música tradicional mexicana). "Creo que va a ir más por lo sagrado y [...]
La cantante mexicana Lila Downs se entusiasma cuando habla del musical "Como agua para chocolate", cuyas canciones compone y que protagonizará cuando se estrene a finales de año en Nueva York, afirmó en una rueda de prensa en Argentina. "Estoy muy emocionada de componer temas que tienen que ver con Latinoamérica, con la pasión que sentimos por la música, por la comida y por nuestra historia", dijo la artista quien se presentará el viernes y sábado en Buenos Aires en el marco de su gira "Black magic woman tour". El teatro Público de Nueva York albergará [...]
Programa 028 Transmitido ao sábado (20/21 hrs.) pela Kiss FM Algarve 95.8 | 101.2 Difusão em podcast: www.atlanticbeat.com Set 1: Panjabi Mc Trilok Gurtu Ganga Giri Zuco 103 Cibelle Lila Downs
No that´s not a new supergroup, it´s just French for odds and ends. Would make a good band name though... but anyway. Here´s a collection of assorted sounds that kept me busy over the last few weeks. Featuring amongst others the return of a former Joy Division and New Order stalwart, the post Pop Group postpunk-funk of Rip Rig & Panic, and some more happy Len. First up is Bernard Sumner´s new band, named after a pretty good movie starring Harvel Keitel. Got this one in the mail and didn´t expect a [...]
As I've stated before, I was a writer for glorious-but-defunct Stylus Magazine. One of the more popular re-occuring bits on the site was a feature that we called "Summer Jamz," which were customized mixtapes curated by the individual writers. The purpose was for each writer to compile a playlist to celebrate a mood, theme, or meditation based on the season. And even though Stylus lies in the internet graveyard, many of its writers still continue the "Summer Jamz" tradition through the website The Passion of the Weiss , which is run by the world's greatest hip-hop writer (and former [...]
: Our Favorite Artists and Their Favorite Love Songs I don't have a lot to say about this album compilation from Starbucks but AMAZING! There is an eclectic mix of genres from country to techno and these noteworthy artists did justice to their favorite love songs. Most if not all acoustic versions of the originals and listening to the tracks just give it a coffeehouse vibe (pun intended). Audio quality is great, so nothing to worry about! Get a taste of the [...]
Como cada año, en cuanto termina la Navidad las tiendas, cadenas comerciales y vendedores informales empiezan a exprimir la siguiente celebración en el calendario, es decir el Día del Amor y la Amistad, o San Valentín, o lo que sea que celebren en sus respectivos países y lugares. Para no quedarse atrás, la cadena Starbucks ha decidido lanzar el próximo 30 de enero un recopilatorio con diversos artistas versionando sus canciones de amor favoritas . Temas como la clásica "Love Song" de The Cure , "Your Love is Forever" de George Harrison [...]
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Ojo de Culebra o Shake Away es la nueva producción discográfica del ícono musical mexicano por excelencia Lila Downs . Luego de superar varias peripecias y pruebas de la vida, entre ellas la noticia de no ser fértil, Lila se preparó incansablemente para poner el espíritu en un nuevo material que según ella, mantiene una línea de seguimiento a los curanderos y chamanes, con mucho respeto por supuesto. Cosa no común en Lila Downs , este álbum cuenta con colaboraciones bastante especiales: Mercedes Sosa, La Mari del Grupo Chambao, Enrique Bunbury, Ixaya Mazatzin Tleytól [...]
CD REVIEW Lila Downs: Shake Away I like to think that I'm the first to hear new global albums, but this one snuck up on me. I was listening to KAOS radio, and heard an eyebrow-raising version of Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" (which, frankly, I think of as a Santana song). Turns out it was Lila Downs and guest Raul Midon, from Downs' new album Shake Away . Her previous project was a collection of [...]
Lila Downs (with La Mari) - Ojo de Culebra (More here.) * Photo by borya.
Filed under: Around the World Spinner.com : Diversity? We love it. Most fans of international music dive headlong into the smorgasbord of offerings from all over the world, craving tastes of something from everywhere. But diversity in individual artists? That's another matter. Many said global... Read more
"In the U.S., we've gone through a lot of fear. The idea was to heal, to 'shake away' the anger and hate. We also went through a lot of political trouble in my birthplace of Oaxaca, and sometimes we distance ourselves from the pain. We cannot forget or hide, but we must be positive. Since I was young, it's important for me to bring different people together, race-wise and religion-wise." - Lila Downs on her latest album Although several quality albums came out yesterday, right [...]
Exploring and expressing Mexico's rich culture has been a lifelong passion for Lila Downs . On 'Shake Away' , set for release September 2, 2008, Downs takes listeners on a journey that's both intensely personal and vividly universal. Recorded in New York and Mexico City, the songs range from the pointed "Minimum Wage" to the mystical "Silent Thunder" to a cover of Lucinda Williams' "I Envy The Wind" in English and Spanish ("Yo Envidio El Viento") versions. On 'Shake Away', Lila invites a group of special guests, including [...]
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